Plot
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Cast
as Jill Lynn
as Frankie Christopher (Botticelli)
as Vicky Lynn
as Police Insp. Ed Cornell
as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
as Robin Ray
as Larry Evans
as Harry Williams
as Reporter
as Reporter
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Reviews
From Noiroftheweek.com I Wake Up Screaming is never mentioned in the same breath as The Maltese Falcon when discussing the birth of film noir. Which would be a mistake. Both films were made around the same time. I Wake Up Screaming, however, is much closer to being a true film noir. That's thanks to some fantastic stylistic camerawork (low angles, dark shadowy corners, shadows of Venetian b…
They've got more wolves in New York than they've got in Siberia. I Wake Up Screaming is one of the early entries in the film noir cycle that lays down noirish detective conventions. The kicker is similar to that of "Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)", that of the chief suspect turning detective to try and prove innocence. Directed by Fox contract director H. Bruce Humberstone, the screenplay…